U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Gun camera view of the Pacific Ocean. Shows strafing attack on an enemy Japanese ship near a beach. Gun camera footage of attack on an enemy Japanese aircraft in flight. The enemy aircraft is hit, catches fire and begins to lose control. Cross hairs of gun sight are seen in the image framing.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. An aircraft on the flight deck of USS Essex. U.S. Navy sailors moving the aircraft. Shells being loaded on to the aircraft. Several men working. A man cleans the aircraft. Aircraft parked on the flight deck. Pilots board the aircraft. A man directing and giving signals.
U.S. Navy carrier operations in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A Japanese transport ship catches fire after being hit. Men dousing the fire with fire hoses. Men seated in a jeep on the aircraft carrier.
The bombing of Palau in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. U.S. Navy F4U Corsair in flight over Palau. The airplane drops Napalm bombs over the target area. The Napalm bomb hitting the hillside. Black smoke arising from explosion
U.S. carrier-based aircraft attack Japanese targets in Philippines. U.S. Navy F6F Hellcat taking off from the flight deck. Men remove chocks from aircraft. U.S. Navy SB2C Helldiver taking off from the carrier. Men on deck underneath an aircraft. Plane director on the deck. The U.S. Navy TBM Avenger taking off. Gun camera scenes from U.S. Navy fighter aircraft attacking formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty") bombers. They shoot down a number of them, including one that loses its wing during the encounter.
A convoy to resupply allied troops at Mindoro, Philippines, seen underway, as it comes under attack by Japanese Kamikaze planes, during World War 2. Opening scene shows a burning Japanese warplane trailing smoke as it falls and breaks up before crashing into the sea. Flak clouds seen in the sky from the antiaircraft fire of the U.S. battleship, USS South Dakota (BB-57) seen low on the horizon in the background. Several ships are seen in the convoy. Suddenly a huge explosion occurs as a Japanese kamikaze (unseen) strikes the 14 thousand ton Liberty ship, SS John Burke. She is carrying a cargo of ammunition that explodes, raising a wall of water around the ship and creating a mushroom cloud of smoke that billows high into the sky.
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